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Sauropodiformes

Reptilia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Sauropodiformes Martinez et al. p. 210
2014Sauropodiformes McPhee et al. p. 156–157
2015Sauropodiformes McPhee et al. p. 19 fig. 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Eusaurischia
Sauropodomorpha(Huene 1932)
Massopoda
Sauropodiformes
Sauropodiformes

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Unr. †Sauropodiformes Martinez et al. 2011
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G. †Aardonyx Yates et al. 2010
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Aardonyx celestae Yates et al. 2010
G. †Blikanasaurus Galton and Van Heerden 1985
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Blikanasaurus cromptoni Galton and Van Heerden 1985
G. †Camelotia Galton 1985
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Camelotia borealis Galton 1985
G. †Gongxianosaurus He et al. 1998
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Gongxianosaurus shibeiensis He et al. 1998
G. †Irisosaurus Peyre de Fabrègues et al. 2020
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Irisosaurus yimenensis Peyre de Fabrègues et al. 2020
G. †Jingshanosaurus Zhang and Yang 1995
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Jingshanosaurus xinwaensis Zhang and Yang 1995
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Invalid names: Chuxiongosaurus lufengensis Lü et al. 2010 [synonym]
Invalid names: Chuxiongosaurus Lü et al. 2010 [synonym]
G. †Ledumahadi McPhee et al. 2018
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Ledumahadi mafube McPhee et al. 2018
G. †Leonerasaurus Pol et al. 2011
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Leonerasaurus taquetrensis Pol et al. 2011
G. †Melanorosaurus Haughton 1924
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Melanorosaurus readi Haughton 1924
Invalid names: Roccosaurus Van Heerden 1978 [nomen nudum], Roccosaurus tetrasacralis van Heerden 1978 [nomen nudum]
G. †Meroktenos Peyre de Fabrègues and Allain 2016
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Meroktenos thabanensis Gauffre 1993
G. †Mussaurus Bonaparte and Vince 1979
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Mussaurus patagonicus Bonaparte and Vince 1979
G. †Schleitheimia Rauhut et al. 2020
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Schleitheimia schutzi Rauhut et al. 2020
G. †Sefapanosaurus Otero et al. 2015
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Sefapanosaurus zastronensis Otero et al. 2015
G. †Seitaad Sertich and Loewen 2010
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Seitaad ruessi Sertich and Loewen 2010
G. †Xingxiulong Wang et al. 2017
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Xingxiulong chengi Wang et al. 2017
G. †Yizhousaurus Zhang et al. 2018
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Yizhousaurus sunae Zhang et al. 2018
G. †Yunnanosaurus Young 1940
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Yunnanosaurus huangi Young 1940
Yunnanosaurus robustus Young 1951
Yunnanosaurus youngi Lü et al. 2007
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
B. W. McPhee et al. 2014Sauropodiformes as defined here is diagnosed by: the lack of an elongate median nasal impression (autapomorphically present in Melanorosaurus); mesial and distal serrations on the carinae of the maxillary and dentary teeth; absence of laterally expanded tables at the mid-length of the dorsal surface of the dorsal neural spines; posterior margin of the middle dorsal neural spines straight in lateral view; sacral rib not significantly narrower than the trans- verse process of the first primordial sacral vertebra; length of the manus less than 38% of the humerus + radius (reversed in Anchisaurus Marsh, 1885); absence of a posteriorly projecting ‘heel’ at the end of ischial peduncle of the ilium (convergently absent in some specimens of Massospondylus); absence of a well-developed brevis fossa (also present in Lufengosaurus Young, 1941); rounded posteromedial process of distal tarsal IV in proximal aspect; and a first metatarsal that is at least the same width proximally as the second metatarsal (present also in Lufengosaurus and Glacialisaurus Smith & Pol, 2007).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Maximum body mass: 3000 kgg
Minimum body mass: 300 kgg
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Peczkis 1995, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Norian to the top of the Late/Upper Toarcian or 228.00000 to 175.60000 Ma

Collections (41 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5Switzerland (Schaffhausen) Schleitheimia schutzi (47806)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Argentina (San Juan) Sauropodomorpha indet. (182613)
Norian228.0 - 208.5South Africa (Eastern Cape) Melanorosaurus readi (36704)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Lesotho (Mohale's Hoek) Melanorosaurus sp. (105770)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3South Africa (Free State) Blikanasaurus cromptoni (106569) Prosauropoda indet. (106571)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Lesotho (Maseru) Melanorosaurus sp. (107170)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3South Africa (Eastern Cape) Melanorosaurus readi (36705) Roccosaurus tetrasacralis (36609) Sauropoda indet. (35295)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Lesotho (Leribe) Melanorosaurus sp. (106568)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Lesotho (Mafeteng) Melanorosauridae indet. (59291) Melanorosaurus sp. (107167)
Norian - Hettangian228.0 - 199.3South Africa (Free State) Sefapanosaurus zastronensis (170616)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3United Kingdom (England) Camelotia borealis (48644) Labyrinthodontia indet. (122362)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3China (Yunnan) Chuxiongosaurus lufengensis (101071) Jingshanosaurus xinwaensis (46903) Xingxiulong chengi (194385) Yunnanosaurus huangi (49501 49503) Yunnanosaurus sp. (173377)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8China (Yunnan) Yunnanosaurus sp. (25125)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8South Africa (Free State) Melanorosaurus sp. (39659) Sauropodomorpha indet. (47031 196716)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8Lesotho (Mafeteng) Melanorosauridae indet. (149711)
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8Argentina (Santa Cruz) Mussaurus patagonicus (52015 179278)
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8China (Yunnan) Yizhousaurus sunae (200934) Yunnanosaurus huangi (47081) Yunnanosaurus huangi, Yunnanosaurus robustus (49773 66926) Yunnanosaurus huangi, Yunnanosaurus sp., Yunnanosaurus robustus (72091 78993)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7China (Yunnan) Irisosaurus yimenensis (211303) Yunnanosaurus youngi (222638)
Pliensbachian - Toarcian190.8 - 174.1USA (Utah) Seitaad ruessi (94804)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Argentina (Chubut) Leonerasaurus taquetrensis (103445)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1China (Sichuan) Gongxianosaurus shibeiensis (51980)
Middle Toarcian - Late/Upper Toarcian182.0 - 175.6Argentina (Chubut) Sauropodiformes indet. (67434)